Car-brake.



c. PHILLIPS.

' GAR BRAKE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOVr 5, 1908.

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IN VEN T OR y 'f M @7mm/f Hawley C. PHILLIPS.

GAR BRAKE.

APPLmATIoN FILED Nov. 5, 190s mem-,ea sept. 21,1909.

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skilled in the ut if@ wl make and use the Same.

This invention prm/emns in car brakes, one est o'" the nvniou bi ing to so cmls'tlu. a z'zafff, mechanism iir: the shoes w be, x-'ced in a, straight line hem faces Q the Wmes, heb: proper 5 bava maw SY'lil 1 )raking folic-n 'mii im brake-- Hmmm; and 'F 4 and :we View@ Hating mimi c'fms,

1 srepresens L la? box 'T53 'fi-CM Sim" I brake-S to indo :1 nd @he stra f spring-board. The outer end of the rod toggle-lever 14. One end of e rod 15 is at ter-hui to the toggle-lever 1l and passes freely through a vertical Wall of the hollow l;

is pivotally attached to a lever 16, one end of which is mounted in a bracket 17 secured g, i

'l nelly through said openi'nos, brake-shoes to the spring-board and tthe other end has connected thereto a rod 18 for attachment to the air brake mechanism.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5. the toggle-levers, such as showny et 8 in Fig. 1 are dispensed with4 and the brake shoe bars are connected with levcrs19-20- Each lever 19 is piv'otnlly attached to a suitable bracket 21 secured to the spring-,board and the outer ends of each pair of levers 19--20 are connected by men-ns of a link 22. The le'vers l9.0 are made of suflicient length to eX- tend approxnmxtcly Ato the center of the Spring-board where they are connected by means of links Q3 with a rod or bur l to be connected with the 4air brake devices.

Other lever mechanisms may be employed for `sliding the bars 5 and operating the brakeshoes, without departing from the spirit of my invention or limiting its scope and hence I ldo not Wish to restrict myseltl to the details of construction herein set forth.

4Having fully described my invention what ,I cl'airn as new and desire to secure. by Letters-Patent, isrl. The combination with a truck'provided with a. hollow-springboard, of sliding.

brake-shoe bars supported by seid springboard, brakeshoes carried by said bers, and

lever mechanism inclosed Withseid hollow spring`- board for sliding seidbrake-shoel bars. 2. The combiImtic-n with a truck provided with a hollow-springboard having angular openings in its vertical walls, of angular brake-shoe bers adaptef to move longltudihaving angular sockets for the reception of said brake-shoe bars, and lever mechanism disposed within said hollow spring-board for sliding the brake-shoe bars and pushing the brake-shoes againstthe peripheral feces of the wheels.

3. The combination with a truck provided with a. hollo'spi-ing-board having openings in its vertical walls near the ends thereof und 'approximately in line with the wheels of the truck, of longitudinally movable bers passing through said openings of the springboard, brake-shoes carried by the outer ends of said longitudinally movable bers, togglelevers located within the hollow spring boardA and connecting the longitudinally movable bars in pairs, a, rod orjbar also lo- ,cutedwithin the spring board, and connecting the toggle levers, and a..p1voted lever connected with sa'icllast mentioned rod or bur und projecting laterally beyond the hollow spring board.

specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Y COLUMBUS PHl'LLIPS. lVitnesses lnnJ Dnoss,

H. E. lVAnswon'rn.

In testinion f whereof ll hz ve signed this .l v a 

